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D.D. · Joined: 29 May 2008

I have work Monday Wednesday and Friday morning. I just get Tuesday and Thursday off and half of Friday.

Friday night I fly out for vacation.

Xuanzang · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Sadang

Hagwon or PS?

D.D. · Joined: 29 May 2008

Davew125 · Joined: 11 Mar 2007

i'm getting christmas day off and all of next week. Our director said we could either have boxing day or 2nd off so we all chose the 2nd. But earlier in the year, out of the blue, they gave us Halloween off.....which we all thought a little strange.

Xuanzang · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Sadang

My stupid VP wants me to deskwarm on Friday. I`m going to come down with the sniffles for Boxing Day. I have work until the 24th when it`s the closing ceremonies.

icicle · Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Location: Gyeonggi do Korea

Temporary · Joined: 13 Jan 2008

I actually don't mind going and being a seat warmer. My school has a nice track and field I'm gone exercise everyday. Plus it keeps me busy studying, and actually doing stuff I set out to do.

I got one camp but I don't have to do any prep cause I am just only going to assist.

maingman · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Location: left Korea

Busan
- all the way yeah !!!

Jeff's Cigarettes · Joined: 27 Mar 2007

Running around the track in sub-zero temps...no thanks. I prefer my local gym. I just leave my com running, pop over to the gym, workout and return to work to turn off my com around quitting time.

cruisemonkey · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject:

Friday the 26th is a regular teaching day at my school. Winter break starts on the 31st.

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

Christmas Eve: get drunk after work with the other two waegooks in my town who haven't yet left.
Christmas Day: go out to the nicest restauarnt in town with the same two waegooks for smoked turkey dinner and get drunk.
Boxing Day: go off on staff workshop and get drunk.

To say the least, Christmas has pretty well devolved into a non-event for me in Korea.

Gaber · Joined: 23 Apr 2006

I had my vacation start on the 26th so I'm off from 11:30 on the 24th through to mid Jan. Gonna have to prep a stack of .ppt-s for winter camp though.

sobriquet · Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Location: Nakatomi Plaza

Dunno.

Go home Christmas eve. Sleep

Get up christmas day, eat rice and kimchi, maybe some noodles.

Go back to work on Boxing day

Some of the Mothers Said · Joined: 01 Jul 2008

For Dain Bae and GEPIK. This is how you retain people.
October 2008:
PS V.P: "We understand that Christmas is a special time for you to be with your family"
Me: "Yes it is"
PS V.P: "We would like to offer you a Christmas vacation leaving on the 24th of December, and returning mid January. When you come back, we would like you to teach a short English program for a week.(20hrs) What do you think?"
Me: "Fantastic!"
PS V.P: "We would also like you to continue working here in 2009, if we are funded" (private High School)
Me: "Yes please!"

Well, that's basically what was said. I know on Dave's there are a lot of complaints about jobs, but sometimes people do get jobs which are great. At the moment I'm one of them. I hope that GEPIK and those who run the ESL program will discover that mature adults can come to agreements which are mutually beneficial for not only the Employer and Employee but also for the students. Happy teacher = Happy student. GEPIK, let schools and teachers negotiate!!

Underwaterbob · Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Location: In Cognito

I got (sort of) shafted this vacation. I work at two separate public schools and normally I'd only have a vacation program at one of them, but this vacation the local office of education decided to crack down and see to it that I work a vacation program at both schools. I used to get four to five weeks off each time, now I'm only getting about two.